The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, October 14, 2058

Waning Crescent

8.4% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
59°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
8.4%
Age
26.7 days
Distance
399,900 km
Apparent size
29.9′
Constellation
Leo
Lunation number
1679

Events on this date

  1. Venus at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun326.77°
Phase angle146.35°
Illuminated fraction8.38%
Altitude / azimuth57.7° / 197.4°
Right ascension / declination11h 25m / 9.23°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude168.34° / 5.02°
Libration in longitude / latitude-2.47° / -6.10°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-149.25° / 1.14°
Position angle of the axis22.9°
Position angle of the bright limb120.1°
Apparent magnitude-7.0

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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